High Tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House 28) [Paperback]

Mary Pope Osborne (Author), Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: A Stepping Stone Book(TM)

Jack and Annie are ready for their next adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!

Catch the wave!

That's what Jack and Annie do when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to a Hawaiian island of long ago. They learn how to surf and have a great time—until strange things start happening. Jack and Annie soon discover the cause: A tidal wave is headed their way! Can they help save their new friends in time?

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Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

When the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie off to Hawaii it?s for more than a vacation?they?re in search of a fourth kind of magic for Morgan! On the way they help an island community survive a tidal wave and, of course, take some time out to surf! Ultimately, they discover that the magic that they have found in this set of four books are everyday magics: the magic of the arts, the magic of the natural world, the magic of community; and the magic of fun.

About the Author

MARY POPE OSBORNE is the author of the New York Times number one bestselling Magic Tree House series. She and her husband, writer Will Osborne (author of Magic Tree House: The Musical), live in northwestern Connecticut with their three dogs. Ms. Osborne is also the coauthor of the companion Magic Tree House Fact Trackers series with Will, and with her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce.
 
SAL MURDOCCA has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and text books. He is also a librettist for children's opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children's illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; 1st edition (March 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375806164
• ISBN-13: 978-0375806162
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #16 in Books > Children's Books > Travel & Cultures > Explore the World > United States
  • #23 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Explore the World > Fiction

More About the Author

"I'm one of those very lucky people who absolutely loves what they do for a living. There is no career better suited to my eccentricities, strengths, and passions than that of a children's book author."--Mary Pope Osborne

Mary Pope Osborne is the author of the popular Magic Tree House series. She works with her husband Will and her sister Natalie on the nonfiction companion series, Magic Tree House Research Guides. Many of her books have been named to best-books lists.

Customer Reviews

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45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please reconsider, April 28, 2005

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A Reader "A Reader" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House 28) (Paperback)

While I appreciate that this is a popular series, as an elementary educator from Hawai'i I would like Amazon customers to consider not buying this particular installment of the Tree House books. It perpetuates the most ridiculous stereotypes of Hawai'i and Hawaiians. It makes Native Hawaiians out to be ignorant and indebted to a boy for his superior knowledge -- this is simply a repetition of the old story that Pacific Islanders needed to be saved by the West. At the risk of being cynical, how about a book that explains how the kids did not save Native Hawaiians from the near genocide that followed contact with the West? There are many good books for kids set in Hawai'i, written by people who know the Islands, its history and traditions. Please look for books like these -- The Fish and Its Gifts/Na Makana a Na I'a, Bon Dance in Hawai'i, To Find the Way, or Mr. Miyataki's Wonderful Machine.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not at all good, January 28, 2009

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Azay Rideau "Az" (Philly, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House 28) (Paperback)

Despite the author's claim to have been reading about Hawaii before writing this book, the place she describes in the story is hardly Hawaiian. In fact, it's as if the author has never seen a real coconut, been to Hawaii, or frankly, flipped through a travel brochure. There should be some truth in a story like this, otherwise, reading the book is just an exercise. You, yes, you, could have written this book in 3 hours.

I agree with the reviewer who pointed out the stereotypes used to describe the Hawaiians. Happy, dancing, friendly, open faces...It was silly and lazy on the author's part. And how many ancient Hawaiians were named Boka? The letter B was not used for Hawaiian words.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Kinda The same thing over and over again., August 17, 2011

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dream factory (Triangulum, M33) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House 28) (Paperback)

You get to new things like what poi is. But of couse Jack screams to his mom ''Annie and Me are going somewhere. And then his mom will always say ''be back soon!. A good series but I expect more from Mary Pope Osborne.